June 8: Bark-tacular day

How do you like this gorgeous pic of Rico, taking time out to smell the flowers? This photo was sent in by his mom. If you've got a cool pic of your dog, feel free to send 'em in and I'll add them to the blog!

We've got lots of lunches to feed to today so Pat is busily dishing out kibble while I (Katya) type this. The morning walks are done and we'll be taking everyone out again this afternoon. There are a couple of dogs who are out of food now for lunches, so scroll down to the bottom of this blog to see if your dog needs a top-up.

We have two Maximus's here today, so I'll call black Maximus (terrier-cross) by his full name, and Maximus (Yorkie - pictured right) as Max, to avoid confusion...

* At this moment, Katie (Sheltie), Max (Yorkie), Yuki (Papillon) and Umber (chi) are engaged in a rolly-polly game of leapfrog, wrestling all over each other. They've been at it for at least 20 mins now... Yuki's also been wrestling Gus (American cocker spaniel). The two of them are pictured left.

* Funny thing about Gus is he is probably one of the bigger dogs here, but he loves to play with the real little guys. Muggles (tiny Maltese puppy) was chasing him around earlier, as was Muggles's sidekick, Tofu (Boston-Bulldog puppy). Tofu follows Muggles around everywhere (BFF). That's the two of them pictured below, left.

* Katie's been chasing after the ball lots (her fav game) with Jasper, Casper (both Coton de Tulear), Spike, LG and Max (Yorkie). Jasper and Casper have also been playing with Jones (Bishon), Sofie (Yorkie), Dawson (chi), Muggles (Maltese) and Daisy (shih tzu), who have a little playgroup going on. Jones and Sofie are at it right now, wrestling. That's Dawson and Muggles curled up together in the photo to the right.

* Earlier, there was a cute game of "catch me if you can" going on between Casper, Jones, Daisy, Bella (chi-Jack Russell) and Sofie. Danger's been in there too, wrestling with Jones and LG.

* Maggie (Cairns Terrier) had to leave earlier because her dad's car broke down, but she still had a little playtime and a good walk with Pat and Jones before she left. Tuka (American eskimo - pictured left) also left before lunch time, but he did some good mingling with the pack, and enjoyed his walk with Pat and Umber (chihuahua). Nigel says Tuka has a very cool haircut - kinda looks like a Mohawk - long on top, shorter on the sides. You trendsetter, Tuka!

* Tonka (miniature dachshund) is wrestling with Umber right now. Or should I say, bulldozing into her? LOL. That's his new girlfriend.

* Lexy and Mika are in the small room, keeping Emma (miniature dachshund) company. Emma has a sore back but she sure looks good today - she was even playing a little (gently) with her companions. Buttons (cockapoo) received a warm welcome from her best friend, Lexy, when she arrived, getting lots of kisses.

* In the laidback pack, we have Mico (shih tzu), who's been cruising around with the pack, and Maximus (terrier-cross), who just got his nails trimmed and teeth brushed in the Spaw. Charlie (shih tzu) is also in the Spaw right now, so I don't have much to say about him at the moment, except that apparently he was a VERY good boy for his bath!

Did your dog eat lunch?

* Yuki didn't eat breakfast, but ate his kibble for lunch. Yuki's bag is now empty, so we'll need more food for him for next time.

* Tonka ate lunch. He's out of kibble now, so can you bring some more for next time?

* Jasper and Casper ate all their lunch.

* Sofie left before we had the chance to feed her lunch. We'll keep it here for next Weds.

* Danger ate lunch.

* Gus ate lunch.

* Buttons ate all.

* Muggles ate.

* Dawson ate half.

* Tofu ate breakfast. More coming for dinner...

* Bella ate lunch.

* Daisy wasn't hungry for lunch.

* Jones ate breakfast. Feeding again at dinnertime, obviously (she's boarding with us).

* Maximus ate lunch.

And here's a group photo, taken earlier today: